The last and final interview from the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywine festival. This is another interview that is long overdue. Laura and her brother Bill do a remarkable job organizing this event. Simply remarkable.

Mike Paige from the Hop Barley and the Alers continues with the interview duties.

BigFoamyHead continues to focus on startup breweries - our fourth interview from the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywine festival is with Grimm Brothers Brewhouse - established in 2010 in Loveland. I've been wanting to interview these guys for a long time. I have been following Aaron's progress setting up this business with quite a bit of envy - and he's one of the nicest people I know. There's some great advice in here - namely if you want to do this, just do it!

Mike Paige from the Hop Barley and the Alers continues with the interview duties.

BigFoamyHead continues to focus on startup breweries - our third interview from the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywine festival is with Crazy Mountain - established in 2010 in Eagle County. Kevin gives a great (and honest) insight on the battle for tap handles and breaking into the market.

Mike Paige from the Hop Barley and the Alers continues with the interview duties.

The Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival in Vail, CO is a brewers favorite. Location and time have helped build this to a world class event. Greg Koch, Adam Avery, Sam Calagione, Peter Bouckaert, Tomme Arthur and others help make this an industry top notch event. They bring their biggest and best offerings.

This year, BigFoamyHead focuses on startup breweries - our second interview is with Funkwerks - established in 2009 in Fort Collins.

Mike Paige from the Hop Barley and the Alers picks up the interview duties. He expressed interested in joining the podcast sometime in the past - so I took him up on it!

The Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival in Vail, CO is a brewers favorite. Location and time have helped build this to a world class event. Greg Koch, Adam Avery, Sam Calagione, Peter Bouckaert, Tomme Arthur and others help make this an industry top notch event. They bring their biggest and best offerings.

This year, BigFoamyHead focuses on startup breweries - our first interview is with Brian from Upslope Brewery. New to one of the most competitive markets in the world. Upslope started off canning their delicious beers which is a pretty ambitious way to go.

Lots of good information is coming for home brewers who dream about making the big leap - going pro!

Simply put, Mick is brilliant. He has one of the most sophisticated homebrew systems I've ever seen. It's computer controlled, SRC relayed, PID controlled, yada-yada. The guy can control his brew day while watching a football game upstairs. When Mick was bored being a EE he went to school to become a pharmacist. This guy is smart.

Rick is a multiple-mega-award-winning guru - and no slouch when it comes to technology. He is an entreprenuer, businessman, father, man-about-town. Multiple Golds, ribbons, awards and a Pro-Am brewer.

Give a mic to one, listen to the other... podcast GOLD! Here's the audio.... well, perhaps 2 minutes of audio. Alcohol was involved!

The fourth of our "Lost Interview" series. We have been wanting to help promote Diamond Bear Arkansas for a number of years. This is a repeat of an interview from many years ago with John, one of the 10 co-owners.

Diamond Bear is the «only production» brewery in Arkansas and they also make a mean root beer!

The second of our "Lost Interview" series. If you've been living under a rock, you may not know who Jamil is. He's a fixture on the Brewing Network and most homebrewers aspire to get to his level of brewing to style - he's won 2 Ninkasi awards (2004 and 2007)! Coauthor of "Brewing Classic Styles" and more recently a collaboration with Chris White - "Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation"

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Phil: Hey guys. Finally getting a chance to catch up on your show. I found time to brew this weekened, so I listened to this show on my iPod as I made my IPA - a first for me. The Brabant sounds fantastic. Rick was kind enough to send members of the...

admin: I notice the media is just now getting the tower audio. BFH really scooped this story! We had the black box recording the weekend after the crash! :)

Phil: Rick, I can't believe you lost your interviews. That is very unprofessional! :-) Sorry to hear about that, but at least you have a butt load of very strong beer to blame it on. I love beers like gruits that use herbs instead of hops. Alaskan Brewing makes a winter...

Phil: I have no idea how you guys landed these beers, as I've never seen them (and believe me, I've looked). Sounds like the brewer is as advertised though. Interesting that he uses flaked oats in these beers - it's an ingredient we don't see a lot of. I'm sure it helps add...